Upgrade Functionality of Merge Points to consider Arc Segment Geometry
I love the merge points tool!
One thing I really like about it is it's ability to reduce cracking and excessive vertices/lines/points. For example, along a boundary that is a straight line that indended to have one overall COGO segment for it, the merge points tool can cleanup the excessive features along the straight line by merging and favoring the endpoint of the segment and it will pluck the line free and smooth.
However, this does not work on curve segments that are one overall arc segment in the real world boundary, yet with some botched input data conditions, there is densified features, such that when you merge points.
In the below screengrab, I have a curve with a series of 64 densified points and straight segments. I'm suggesting for the Merge Points Dialog, there should be a checkbox parameter built into the merge points dialog to "recognize curve geometry" so as not to "buckle' the curve geometry to a straight segment (blue line below)
In some cases, we'll simply identify just one point along a curve that doesn't belong there that we want to flush out by merging it with the curve's 'true' endpoint. Yet the problem is that the geometry of the curve, itself outputs with weakened spatial integrity where the radius is compromised.
So in future releases, we think merge points can be upgraded so as to protect the spatial tenor of certain boundaries.
Thanks!!
Jason
Hi Jason,
Are you trying to merge two curves into one feature + eliminate the point between them?
If yes try this:
- Make sure you have an active record, preferably of the record that created the curve.
- select the curves you want to merge
- Launce the merge tool and merge into 'Existing Feature'
Before Merge:
After Merge:
There is also an idea to interactively fix densified curves (by tracing them).
Thanks Amir.
I do like the workaround. It does prove to eliminate the excessive points in the line, as you demonstrated with the screengrabs.
However... the workaround is great if you're in a database having ONLY tax parcels share the geometry of those 25' radial curves. We work with a lot of fabrics that have not only parcels, but also Lots, Subdivisions and Right-of-Ways. So you would have to repeat the merge process of the lines with not only tax parcel lines, but lot lines, subdivision lines and right-of-way lines, creating a cumbersome process, whereas merge points can simplify the geometries and excessive lines of all types, provided the lines are shared and connected.
In the example below, we have a tax parcel (grey polygon on the interior), a ROW (green polygon to the left) and a subdivision polygon (black, dotted geometry following the curve)
Thank you.